OPINION COCHRAN, J., filed a concurring opinion in which JOHNSON and HERVEY, JJ., joined. I join in the Court’s opinion. I agree that appellant’s trial attorney was not ineffective for failing to request a jury instruction on the statutory mistake-of-fact defense for two distinct reasons: (1) It is not at all clear that appellant was entitled to any instruction on mistake of…
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